Carmel TownshipMI
A town of 2,851. 45% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
What should you know before moving to Carmel Township?
Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades C+, 456th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $95K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $222K, 3.1 years of the Lansing metro’s $73K median household income. Only 48 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Carmel Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 88% of U.S. towns. Among 701 Michigan towns, just 1 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Carmel Township.
What makes Carmel Township stand out
Where Carmel Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
99% of working residents leave Carmel Township for work
Where Carmel Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Carmel Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Carmel Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Carmel Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Carmel Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Carmel Township.
Carmel Township sends most of its workers to Charlotte and beyond, but it has little public open land and trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Most working residents commute out of Carmel Township
Carmel Township has 149 jobs for its 1,119 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Carmel Township for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Carmel Township grew to 149 in 2021, 74 more than in 2011. At 22 minutes, Carmel Township’s average trip to work is below both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Carmel Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Carmel Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Carmel Township since 1985.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Carmel Township
Carmel Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Carmel Township’s grade for health is a C+
Against the 9,271 U.S. towns with household incomes like Carmel Township’s, it is less healthy than 82%, so it trails even them.
28% of Carmel Township adults have been diagnosed with depression, above both Michigan’s towns (27%) and U.S. towns (23%). 40% of adults have obesity in Carmel Township. Carmel Township beats the Michigan average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Carmel Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Carmel Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.3% | 8.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.1% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 1.1% of Carmel Township
Just 233 of its 21,686 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Carmel Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Carlos Weber Roadside Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Carmel Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Carmel Township
About 3 of every 100 Carmel Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Carmel Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Carmel Township is a civil township of Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,839 as of the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 902 ft
- Area code
- 517
Carmel Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Carmel Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Township | #456 | C+ | B | — | B− | C+ |
| Charlotte | #422 | B− | B+ | C− | B− | C |
| Eaton Township | #281 | B | A− | — | B− | C+ |
| Chester Township | — | — | B | — | B− | C+ |
| Walton Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | B |
| Kalamo Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
Chester Township, Walton Township and Kalamo Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Carmel Township, Eaton Township, Chester Township, Walton Township and Kalamo Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Carmel Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Carmel Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Carmel Township, MI a good place to live?
Carmel Township grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #456 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Carmel Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.